better halves

Example Sentences

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They dominated them in one of the better halves they’ve played this season.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022

“Greenleaf’s” Keith David, R&B singer Ledisi, and their respective better halves are among the couples sharing their secrets for making relationships last in a new season of “Black Love.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2021

I often hear patients blame themselves, and I've even seen spouses blame their better halves right to their face.

From US News • Jun. 3, 2015

Or at least think about it, dream about it, while their better halves are curled up in the bed, facing the wall, like in Hopper’s “Excursions into Philosophy.”

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2013

The English directors, whose wives bury themselves in such abysses, ought to feel more grateful to them than any other husbands towards their sacrificing better halves.

From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)